Cigarette and cigar holder attachment



June 11, 1940.

A. DEERF CIGARETTE AND CIGAR HOLDER ATTACHMENT Filed April 13, 1939INVENTOR. DEERE ATTORNEY.

g bodiment of the invention, and it is not intended The outer end 28 ofthe container is closed and 25 Patented June ll, 1940 c. 1

UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE CIGARETTE AND CIGAR HOLDER ATTACH- MENT AdaDeerf, Coney Island, N. Y.

Application April 13, 1939, Serial No. 267,573

1 Claim. (Cl. 131-174) This invention relates to cigarette and cigar arecess [9 being thus provided between thesecholders, and aims to providean attachment tions I7 and I8.

therefor wherebya cigarette or cigar maybe An extension 20 extends atright angles from firmly clamped in and to the holder so that it thesection ll, and is doubled back and over to 5 will not fall out of theholder at any time. form a resilient finger 2| having a rounded end 5 Afurther object is the provision of a split section or jaw 22 and anupwardly turned excylindrical attachment in cooperation with the tremity23. above, to provide a container or receptacle into The tongue l5 andits sections. I1 and I3 form x which the ashes may fall and be caught,thus an ordinary pocket clip, by means of which the preventing fallingof the ashes on to the floor, holder maybe secured in upright positionto the clothing, table, or other place. The latter may Wall of a pocket,in an obvious manner. To inbe used asa case for the holder when thelatter sert a cigarette, the extremity 23 is first slightly is not inuse. i lifted to lift the rounded jaw, the cigaretteis Another object isthe provision of a clip in then inserted'between the jaw 22 and the sec-5 combination with the first-mentioned attachtion ll into the openingii! of the holder. The

ment, which serves to permit releasable securing jaw 22 is thenreleased, and its resiliency causes of the holder in the pocket and alsoserves to it to press the cigarette down against the section cooperatewith the second-named attachment ll, thus firmly clamping the cigaretteand preto releasably lock the latter in position. venting it fromfalling out the holder.

30 The above and other objects will become ap- The container attachmentshown in Figures 4 parent in the description below, in which charand 5and 6 comprises a cylinder formed of two acters of reference refer tolike-named parts in complementary sections 2d and 25, the latter theaccompanying drawing. having a ring 26 at its outer end, and the two Thedrawing serves merely'to illustrate one emsections being mutually hingedtogether at 21.

that the invention be limited-to the details exthe inner end 29 ispartly open. The lower edge actly as shown. of the inner end of thesection 24 curves upward, Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 isa as shown at 30, and is provided with an opening side elevational viewof a holder equipped with 3! to form a yoke 32 at its extremity. A U-the cigarette locking attachment. shaped resilient member 33 is securedin any 30 Figure 2 is an end View of Figure 1. desired manner about theyoke 32, and extends Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on theoutward from the container. The container line 3-3 of Figure 1. may bereleasably and securely attached to the Figure 4 is a side View of thecylindrical conholder attachment by slipping the member 33 into 5 tainerper se. i the recess 19, as shown in Figure 5. 'Ihus, the 35 Figure 5 isa similar view showing the concontainer may be used to catch the asheseither tainer applied to the holder, partly in section. in closedposition or in the open position shown Figure 6 is a cross-sectionalview taken on the in broken lines in Figure 5. The cover section 25 line6-6 of Figure 4. of the container may be provided with air vents 40Figure 7 is a cross-sectional of the lower con-' 34. When not in use,the holder may be placed 40 tainer section taken 'on the line 'l l ofFigure 5. within the container, in which event the latter Referringbriefly to the drawing, the numeral provides a case for the holder. 7 Hiindicates a cigarette holder having an an- For the sake of clarity, thejaw 22 has been nular groove II around its wider end. Theatshown spacedat a greater distance from the tachment comprises a split ring or bandl2, simholder mouth It than would be desired in actual 4s ilar to thatof acommon fountain pen pocket practice, but whatever this distance maybe clip, the fingers t3 and M of which resiliently would not alter theinvention in any way.

engage the holder. From the band l2 a tongue Obviously, modifications inform and structure I5 extends unitarily forward, then angularly upmay bemade without departing from the spirit Ward through a length l6, thenagain forward nd scope of the invention. 50

through agreater length ll, the level of the I claim: i length 11 beingthe same as that of the lowest An attachment for a cigarette or cigarholder Point Of the p ing l8 of the holder ID. The comprising aresilient band adapted to encircle tongue, W e 011 I1, is doubled backthe holder and frictionally lock thereon, a tongue and under the latterto form an extension 18, extending forward from the bottom of said band55 and in front of the mouth of the holder, a doubled up and backresilient finger extending at right angles from said tongue, said fingerhaving a rounded jaw spaced above and facing said tongue, a cigarette orcigar inserted into said mouth of the holder being resiliently clampedby said. jaw against said tongue, said tongue having a doubled back andunder extension forming a resilient pocket clip, an elongated containerhaving a yoke at one end, a member extending outward ifrom said yokeandintegral therewith, said member being adapted to register in saidclip to secure said container to said holder, said container beingadapted to enclose said cigarette or cigar.

ADA DEERF.

